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How much an IPhone would have cost in 1991

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According to iphonehacks.com

"Considering only memory, processing, and broadband communications power, duplicating the iPhone back in 1991 would have (very roughly) cost: $1.44 million + $620,000 + $1.5 million = $3.56 million."

"The calculations do not take into account features like the camera, software, motion sensors, display and a lot more, but go on to show that even the most basic requirements would have pushed the iPhone’s price into the millions."

Would you have bought an IPhone in the early 90s?

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lolnope. I don't have that kind of money.

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According to iphonehacks.com

"Considering only memory, processing, and broadband communications power, duplicating the iPhone back in 1991 would have (very roughly) cost: $1.44 million + $620,000 + $1.5 million = $3.56 million."

"The calculations do not take into account features like the camera, software, motion sensors, display and a lot more, but go on to show that even the most basic requirements would have pushed the iPhone’s price into the millions."

Would you have bought an IPhone in the early 90s?

 

Please include a link to your source.

 

If i wanted to be the ULTIMATE HIPSTER, i would've saved up and bought it! :D

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Well i wouldn't have "$3.56 million" and i hate my current iPhone , so No.

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Sorry. I am new to LTT. Here is the source.

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/02/iphone-cost-1991.html

Edit your first post and add it there

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According to iphonehacks.com

"Considering only memory, processing, and broadband communications power, duplicating the iPhone back in 1991 would have (very roughly) cost: $1.44 million + $620,000 + $1.5 million = $3.56 million."

"The calculations do not take into account features like the camera, software, motion sensors, display and a lot more, but go on to show that even the most basic requirements would have pushed the iPhone’s price into the millions."

Would you have bought an IPhone in the early 90s?

No one liked apple in the 90's thats why they made the ipod 

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this doesn't make sense

that kind of tech couldnt have existed in the early 90's what so ever

 

the fabrication process wasn't invented yet

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3.56 million to manufacture,not to sell.Apple would have sold them for 10 millions. D:

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this doesn't make sense

that kind of tech couldnt have existed in the early 90's what so ever

 

the fabrication process wasn't invented yet

 

I think it's more based around ratios of specs instead of physical parts, like one dollar buys you this much storage, etc

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I'm sure it cost a lot more than that to get to the stage that we are at now!

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The lack of 3 and 4G reception would be quite annoying indeed. Also the lack of apps and any form of cloud storage, why hasn't this been mentioned?

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Nope wouldn't have gotten it because I don't really use a phone that much and would have waited for Android where it is full of customization features. 

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What they are not including in the price, is 100 million $ for a private nuclear power plant. 

 

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So I wander how much my GTX 680 would have cost back then. Maybe in the region of a few billion £.

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hey now, duplicate my pc, they could do that, it would be way over $1 billion considering the nm process of my gpu and cpu.

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But in 1991 the iphone woudnt work because there are no towers that support phone signals

 

Implying there were no cellphones in 1991? We're still talking about the 90's, not the 1950's.

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'I had an iPhone before it was technologically possible' is every hipster's dream

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So.. I saved $10miliions by waiting 20 years. That means i saved $500k/year. What an investment!!

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